We performed a comparison between Dell XtremIO and HPE 3PAR StoreServ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The stability is very good. I've done destructive testing on it and never had any type of storage outages from it."
"Pure is simple to set up and manage on a day-to-day basis."
"Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"The product cheaper compared to other solutions concerning the technology that they are using."
"The solution offers amazing performance."
"We also like the compactness, the small footprint. It takes up very little space in a data center and uses little power."
"It comes with a large number of features out-of-the-box, which makes it easy for us to see problems and manage capacity."
"Support has been helpful."
"The most valuable features are that it is fast and reliable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its high performance."
"The most valuable features are: complete performance and ease of use."
"It was very easy and straightforward to setup."
"Linear performance – The XtremIO wasn’t the fastest in all tests against other all flash arrays, but even with a massive workload, the response time and user experience were absolutely predictable with no sharp drop-offs."
"I like the deduplication and auto-tiering features."
"It has very good performance for an application which needs lower latency and a better response, for example, in microseconds."
"Very good IOPS performance"
"We choose 3PAR for its speed. It's so fast and reliable."
"We're using the all-flash arrays and, with the deduplication and compression, it just really fits our virtualization environment very well."
"Remote-copy provides high availability and disaster recovery for the connected clients."
"We deployed 3PAR in the national and international markets. It's not bad, the solution."
"We can quickly see performance per CPG and per LUN. You can drill right down to see actual performance to the virtual volumes themselves. That's really good."
"The ease of management is its most valuable feature. It is so much easier to manage storage on a 3PAR array than anything that we have had before."
"The Call Home feature is really a great feature, so I do not need to monitor the 3PAR. The 3PAR team is monitoring it and letting me know if there are any problems."
"It is very easy to manage. I can provision disks and monitor the performance easily."
"The initial setup was a little complex. We had some initial issues with the design and had to help correct some of the white papers for it, but it wasn't your standard use case."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"The 3PAR SSD arrays that we have are still failing a lot so even though we're under warranty, we still have to get someone out and usually have someone troubleshoot so that usually adds onto the cost. With Pure, we've had a disc fail and we pop it out and you pop it in and it's good to go."
"We do have an issue with the vCenter integration. Pure Storage says it has a lot of free space, but vCenter says its completely full. This is because their dedupes are saved as space, but Vcenter still detects the disk as completely full. So, we do have an issue with that."
"The way Pure Storage does the controller storage warranty or replacement has been an issue for some people who just replace the controllers every couple of years, and that's where some of the confusion with pricing and support has come in. They should be clear on the way the controller replacements happen, as it is important to know whether or not you can get a good return on them, because it can be a little confusing."
"What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"This solution is geared toward enterprise-level companies. Small and medium-sized businesses would find it extremely expensive."
"The implementation isn't exactly complex, but the solution should have some enhancements in it to make the process more centralized."
"Dell's technical support could be better."
"It is very expensive to scale. You have to buy an additional system to extend from one disc, for instance. It is scalable, but extremely expensive to do so."
"Ease of use is key in the converged and hyper-converged world that requires administrators to have both hypervisor and storage skills."
"The GUI could be modified more in terms of how the different components are linked to each other."
"Get rid of the Java aspect of the GUI console."
"XtremIO needs to be lower priced. It also needs better endpoints and scalability."
"We do not use Memory-Driven Flash in the old 3PAR. Perhaps we will use it in the new 3PAR. That is part of the reason why we are upgrading."
"Extending is not a problem, scalability is okay. But once you buy additional box of disks, you have to wait for HPE to contact you with their plan for implementation, for connecting, and it can take several weeks. So, you have the box and you have to wait for several weeks to actually implement it."
"Security is a mandatory feature because our customer needs to protect delicate information."
"I would like to see compatibility with NVMe."
"We have had a few issues with it. We had our virtual environment lock up a few times on storage-based things. We think we have it sorted out, but maybe it came down to a configuration issue on it."
"I would like the documentation easy to find. There is a lot of documentation, but sometimes it is hard to find. You have to do a lot of searching to find it."
"I want artificial intelligence. I don't want anybody from my team to touch it anymore. I want the AI to do everything."
"We are waiting for compression."
Dell XtremIO is ranked 25th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews. Dell XtremIO is rated 7.6, while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell XtremIO writes "Suitable for high IOPS and helps get backup in ten minutes ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". Dell XtremIO is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and IBM FlashSystem, whereas HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE StoreOnce. See our Dell XtremIO vs. HPE 3PAR StoreServ report.
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